Here are a few links to articles put up by Canadian public servant bloggers who are interested in public servant and departmental blogging:
General guide for public bloggers, based largely on US laws since little is written here in Canada:
http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
On what we can reproduce and who owns what is written:
Intellectual Property
US guide (but very useful) on blogging at work - mainly applies to individuals blogging, but does cover work blogs as well:
http://w2.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-labor.php
By a Canadian public servant blogger who occasionally writes papers on the topic and holds seminars. It is a humorous but informative 24 page guide on how to help your organization develop interest in new media, and how to overcome some of the road bumps along the way:
http://canuckflack.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/socialmediaguiderelease.pdf
This link speaks of the general problems of blogging for agencies, departments, and corporations. The author is a Canadian public servant. This piece lets us know where we stand with legislation relative to blogging: pretty much piece work made up of existing copyright laws, freedom of speech laws, privacy and ownership laws. Nothing specific for blogs yet.
Is a Bad Blog Better than No Blog?
More on laws affecting public blogs in Canada - what is currently allowed, what is still open for interpretation -
The complexities of government blogging in a dynamic policy environment
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